Tag: Yoweri Museveni

PHOTOS: Ruto meets Museveni

President William Ruto on Sunday, August 13, 2023, travelled to Uganda where he met his counterpart Yoweri Museveni at the State House in Entebbe. Although the agenda of the meeting was not immediately established, the meeting between the two Presidents comes a week after Kenya’s retired President Uhuru Kenyatta met Museveni. Ruto’s statement on the […]

Museveni speaks on COVID-19 status after ‘ICU’ reports

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni. [PHOTO | COURTESY]

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has given an update on his COVID-19 status hours after reports that he was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). In an update on Tuesday night, Museveni claimed that he had been busy doing paperwork, although he stayed in isolation after a second test came out positive. “By Friday, all […]

Museveni’s wife speaks after reports of ailing husband

Uganda’s First Lady Janet Museveni has spoken after reports emerged that the country’s President Yoweri Museveni had tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Janet thanked the clergy for praying for ailing Museveni, although she steered away from mentioning COVID-19. “Bishops, pastors, brothers, sisters in Christ, men and women of God, Today, the Lord leads […]

Al-Shabaab killed 54 Ugandan soldiers in Somalia, says Museveni

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced the deaths of 54 Ugandan soldiers in an al-Shabaab attack on a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. Museveni’s statement on Saturday comes a week after al-Shabaab fighters stormed the base in Bulamarer, 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The armed group claimed it […]

Uganda MPs protest Museveni’s Ksh13M wardrobe budget

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni. [PHOTO | FILE]

Opposition Members of Parliament are against the Shs350 million (Ksh13 million) that has been proposed for bedding, clothes and footwear at the State House.  The money has been allocated under the Annual Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2023/2024.Led by the Shadow Minister Finance, Mr Muwanga Kivumbi and Kira Municipality legislator, Mr Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda […]

Gov’t should deal with Raila the way Museveni deals with opponents – CS Moses Kuria

The Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry Moses Kuria says the government will not tolerate protests by Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition party leader Raila Odinga any more. Speaking to BBC, Kuria said that the government will use tactics used by neighbouring Presidents Yoweri Museveni (Uganda) and Paul Kagame (Rwanda) to deal with their […]

Museveni bans MPs, civil servants from foreign travel

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni. [PHOTO | COURTESY]

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has placed a blanket ban on travel abroad by Members of Parliament and civil servants to save money for other priority sectors. While commissioning facilities at Uganda Petroleum Institute-Kigumba (UPIK) in Kiryandongo District on Saturday, Museveni was not happy to learn that the institute does not have enough funding to become […]